At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul

À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma

The birth of Coffin Joe in Brazil’s most iconic horror landmark.

  • Director

    José Mojica Marins

  • With

    José Mojica Marins, Magda Mei, Nivaldo de Lima

  • Brazil 1964. 82min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    18

  • English subtitles

Coffin Joe, an atheist undertaker obsessed with immortality, terrorises a small town in search of the perfect heir. Marins blends gothic imagery, shock effects and dark humour to create Brazil’s most iconic horror figure. The result was a transgressive cult phenomenon that defied censorship and launched a unique genre.

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

The screening of At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul on Saturday 9 May will be introduced by Dr Bruna Foletto Lucas, University of Hertfordshire.